How to allow serviceworkers for http in chrome

Question

Currently I am testing my ServiceWorker in my localhost only. But the problem is, if i change 'localhost' to my machine name in the url, it does not allow ServiceWorker and serves the vanilla response.I assume it's because serviceworker is not allowed for http.

Now, if I want to send some one a testlink with my machinename , i am not able to do that.I want to know if there is any way to allow serviceworker for chrome.

Possible duplicate of [Options for testing service workers via HTTP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34160509/options-for-testing-service-workers-via-http) — Jeff Posnick, Feb 26 '16 at 15:59

Salva · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-28T21:40:14.623

As you want to send a link to other people, you need to expose your server through https to the public Internet. You could set an https server with an autosigned certificate up but I think the simplest option is to use ngrok. Once you have ngrok installed, launch a local server as:

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer

And then launch ngrok with:

$ ngrok http 8000

Given 8000 is the port where the Python server started, you will see:

ngrok by @inconshreveable                                     (Ctrl+C to quit)

Tunnel Status                 online
Version                       2.0.19/2.0.20
Web Interface                 http://127.0.0.1:4040
Forwarding                    http://27223554.ngrok.io -> localhost:8000
Forwarding                    https://27223554.ngrok.io -> localhost:8000

Connections                   ttl     opn     rt1     rt5     p50     p90
                              0       0       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00

Now distribute https://27223554.ngrok.io as the link for testing your site. It will work as you keep ngrok running and connected to the Internet. Of course, you can use the link yourself as well.

Although ngrok is a cool tool I run some tests and could not make my service worker register. — corlaez, Aug 03 '17 at 05:15
Weird, I use it on daily basis and it works for me. Can you point me to a specific error? — Salva, Sep 20 '17 at 11:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 03 '17 at 05:31

I wouldn't say it is duplicate because this is much more especific.

I run some tests and my advice is you should use Firefox with devtools.serviceWorkers.testing.enabled for your clients

If you only use ngrok that won't help you (although is an amazing tool)
If you want to use --unsafety-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure you should know that you can't use it for chrome, it is unsupported. Maybe canary or chronium works but i didn't checked.

How to allow serviceworkers for http in chrome

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